LABOUR TROUBLES

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4301, 9 March 1901, Page 6

LABOUR TROUBLES

i , —•— i THE DIFFICULTY AT WAIHI. ! , . 1 TWO MEN REINSTATED. ■ PBBSS ASSOCIATION. 1 - AUCKLAND, March 8. ! The result of’Mr Trcgoar’s interview with Mr Barry, superintendent of the Waihi Gold Mining Company, is that the latter has agreed to reinstate oil the men dismissed from the mine since the presentation of the union demands ns soph a* they drop the matter in ditputp .Molloy, sooyotapy of the union, and Drumm, will bo roiustotod forthwith owing to Mr Tregear's porsonoj ast-.gr. •'uca chat they took m active part oaoinet the company, Tbia acknowledges two important principle that officials of unions- are not to bo singled out for presenting a claim. Those concessions may result in. satisfactory'solutions of the difficulty when tho ballot of the union is taken next Saturday. Cable advices have been received by tho Premier from a largo investor in London stating that the trouble between the Waih; Company and some of its employees has caused an uneasy feeling in mining circles in that city, .owing to the fear that further complications may occur. A second cablegram received by the Premier states that the market value of Waihi Company's shares has dropped I £3, representing about £1,000,000, mrj jug to the receipt from Now Zealand j of news of the difficulty .between the I manager and the Miners’ Union. Air ; Seddon is hopeful that labour matters * at .Waihi will be satisfactorily, ad justed at an early date.